Senior Emergency Medical Services Coordinator

The Riverside County Fire Department is seeking a Senior Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Coordinator to join our team in the Riverside office.

In this role, the Senior EMS Coordinator will oversee the development, coordination, and delivery of EMS training programs, including new hire orientation and ongoing continuing education.

The position is responsible for ensuring training initiatives meet state and local requirements while supporting the department's mission and operational readiness.

The Senior EMS Coordinator will also provide leadership and direction for the department's overall training program.

The department is seeking candidates with a minimum of an Associate's degree.

Meet the Team!

The Riverside County Fire Department is one of California's largest integrated, cooperative, regional fire protection organizations.

The Department, a unique partnership between State of California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) and the County of Riverside, serves 19 partner agencies and 1 community service district.

The Department has five core values: Leadership, Competence, Integrity, Safety, and Customer Service .• Provide technical supervision for EMS personnel; assign and review the work of subordinates and provide guidance and direction to them.

• Develop quality assessment and improvement criteria to monitor EMS activities; develop and implement data collection systems for analyzing and assessing the effectiveness of pre-hospital and trauma care.

• Develop budget recommendations concerning which line items need to be increased or decreased; monitor the budget through expense/revenue reports; track expenditures for programs and identify potential budget issues.

• Assist in the development of EMS pre-hospital policies and procedures.

• Audit EMS reports and investigate incident reports to identify quality of care issues, recommending alternative solutions to problems.

• Conduct site visits for pre-hospital providers, trauma centers, base, and receiving hospitals; provide staff services to assigned EMS committees.

• Assist EMS or Public Health staff by interpreting policies, procedures, laws, and regulations pertaining to EMS.

• Review and evaluate suitability of EMS and disaster response training and continuing education programs to ensure compliance with legislative requirements.

• Serve as a liaison between public health and medical system stakeholders and the Department of Public Health.

• Oversee the development, implementation and monitoring of the Medical Health Operational Area Coordination (MHOAC) Duty Officer Program.

• Ensure that public health and medical emergency response plans, policies and procedures are coordinated with County and city emergency management programs, first responders, schools, and other community partners.

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